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Fetterman says Biden should decriminalize marijuana ahead of Pittsburgh visit
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman has called on President Joe Biden to reclassify marijuana before Biden visits Pittsburgh on Monday. Fetterman, a long-time champion of recreational marijuana, also said he would like for Biden to decriminalize the drug at the federal level. “It’s long past time that we finally...
43% of Americans say a civil war is at least somewhat likely in next 10 years
More than 2 in 5 Americans say a U.S. civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade, highlighting the deepening political divisions in the country heading into the midterms. A recent poll by YouGov and The Economist found that 43% believe a civil war was either “very”...
On Football: Could Deion Sanders jump from SWAC to big-time?Video
JACKSON, Miss. — Sitting on a metal folding chair just beyond the end zone of Mississippi State’s practice field, Deion Sanders is alone watching the Bulldogs scrimmage on a muggy spring day. Coach Prime snagged his new offensive coordinator for Jackson State from Bulldogs coach Mike Leach’s staff this offseason....
St. James students kick off the school year
St. James School rolled out the blue carpet for its students on the first day of school on Aug. 25, and followed that up with its traditional Blue Carpet Reception. Students gathered in the parking lot for about a half hour before school started to catch up with each other....
Letter to the editor: Build Quaker Valley High School as net zero energy building
Oil at $100/barrel, gasoline at $6/gallon, and natural gas about to be shut off for much of Europe … it just makes sense to make any newly constructed building as immune to these shocks as possible. The choice for the Quaker Valley School Board is clear: have the new Quaker...
Pa.’s unreliable lobbyist disclosure website is getting a user-friendly upgrade
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — An initiative to improve the online system that lobbyists use to disclose which organizations have hired them and how...
Stacy Garrity: When the ‘cure’ becomes torture
The men and women who put their lives on the line shouldn’t have them placed on hold by a Veterans Administration that kept hundreds in isolation long after the rest of our state emerged from covid lockdown. Yet that’s exactly what happened at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre,...
Penn State’s wide receiver depth to be on display against Purdue
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State doesn’t release an official in-season depth chart anymore, but there are times when coach James Franklin is in a sharing mood. Monday morning was one of those times with PSU preparing for its Thursday night opener at Purdue. The Lions’ ninth-year coach revealed freshman quarterback...
Pa. hunting seasons for smallest, largest game birds to start Sept. 1
Pennsylvania’s 2022-23 hunting seasons will get underway Thursday with the openings days for birds that rank among the smallest and largest game birds, respectively: the mourning dove and the Canada goose. The mourning dove weighs in a bit heavier than 4 ounces, while an adult male Canada goose can tip...
Transportation issues delayed Penn Hills students’ return home on first day
Students in Penn Hills School District returned to school on Aug. 29, and the day had its ups and downs, according to superintendent Dr. Nancy Hines. “Transportation was more challenging than we had expected, particularly for younger students. Several bus routes had to be combined, and that was confusing to...
John Rzeznik wanted to be a teacher and own a bar, but became a rock star instead
The Goo Goo Dolls were hardly an overnight sensation. Having formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1986, the group spent years working on its craft and building a fan base before it finally broke through to the mainstream, in a big way, with 1995’s “A Boy Named Goo.” That album...
Letter to the editor: Voting in person can be a challenge for many
Regarding Cliff Long’s letter “We should eliminate mail-in voting” (Aug. 16, TribLIVE): Do you use a wheelchair, rollator or even a cane to get around? If not, count your blessings. Are you able to stand in line for long periods of time? Are you able to go up and down...
Letter to the editor: We must interest our students in trades
Now that President Biden has pushed college loan forgiveness, let’s think for a minute about jobs that do not require college. Not everyone wants or needs college. Right now we need plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics, construction workers, heavy equipment operators, etc. — workers educated in trade schools. We hear Biden...
Cruise ship covid rules are changing as unvaccinated passengers now allowed
The biggest changes to public health protocols on cruise ships since cruising restarted last summer during the pandemic are taking effect in early September, when most cruise lines leaving from U.S. ports will allow unvaccinated passengers. Many of them also are loosening coronavirus pre-boarding testing requirements. Consumers planning cruise vacations...
Letter to the editor: Mastriano should speak to us all, not just his ‘target audience’
Letter-writer Peter Busowski (“Media biased against Republican candidates,” Aug. 26, TribLIVE) says that Sen. Doug Mastriano doesn’t talk to the media because the media are biased. He says that alternatives exist that give “conservatives unfiltered access to target audiences.” Aren’t all voters a candidate’s “target audience”? We non-conservatives vote, too,...
Editorial: Roberto Clemente’s dream can build sports cities in every community
Ciudad Deportiva. Sports City. For Roberto Clemente, the Puerto Rican right fielder who was one of the best players to wear a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, those words were more than just a dream. They were a plan for the future. The Sports City he envisioned was a gift for the...
Letter to the editor: Sewickley short-term rentals ordinance needs specifics
Having read the draft ordinance for short-term rentals being proposed by the Sewickley Borough Council, and after reading council member Tom Rostek’s comments in the Sewickley Herald on Aug. 18, I have the following comments: I agree with Mr. Rostek that the proposed ordinance is a “registration mechanism.” Where are...
Letter to the editor: Power problems in Tarentum
On Aug. 24 at 3:37 a.m., the electric power meter on my garage blew up. Fortunately, the explosion was loud enough to wake me so that I could call for help. The structure would have burned to the ground if I was a sound sleeper. A few minutes before my...
The Stroller, Aug. 30, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dogs and owners welcome at annual HOPE Center fundraiser The annual Mutts,...
Letter to the editor: We won’t get fooled again
I hear the push is on to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles and move to all electric because of climate concerns. Guess I’d better hurry to buy my new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It gets around 13 mpg, has an 807 horsepower engine and does 202 miles per hour. I’ll smoke the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 29, 2022
High schools Football Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Nonconference Aliquippa at Armstrong, 7 p.m. Ambridge at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. Avonworth at Central Valley, 7 p.m. Avella at Bentworth, 7 p.m. Beaver at Beaver Falls, 7 p.m. Bethel Park at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. Blackhawk...
High school roundup for Aug. 29, 2022: Bethel Park girls soccer snags comeback win
Grace Ferency scored the winning goal in the final minute of regulation to lead Bethel Park to a 2-1 victory over Norwin in Section 2-4A girls soccer Monday night. Eva Blatz scored the tying goal for the Black Hawks (1-0, 1-0) with less than four minutes left. Evelyn Moore scored...
Kiski Area tops Norwin at special season-opening volleyball match
It went from “Pack the Park” to “Jam the Gym” on Monday at Kiski Area. The original plans for an outdoor volleyball match between Kiski Area and Norwin at Vandergrift’s Kennedy Park were moved to the Kiski gym because of late afternoon thunderstorms. Despite the quick move, both teams provided...
John Dorfman: As the Fed tightens, what stocks may do well
He wasn’t kidding. Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said Friday that the Fed’s Open Markets Committee will “use our tools forcefully,” and keep raising interest rates until inflation comes down. This is “no place to stop or pause,” he said. Investors winced, and stocks tumbled. The so-called...
Tributes pour in after death of Broadway veteran and ‘Sopranos’ actor Robert LuPone at age 76
New York City’s theater community and beyond paid tribute Sunday to Broadway veteran and “The Sopranos” co-star Robert LuPone, the Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who died the day before of pancreatic cancer. The older brother of Broadway icon Patti LuPone was 76. The versatile Brooklyn-born actor earned a Tony nomination...
